Chords for Mer Girl

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[Em] _ _ _ _ [Dm] _ _
[A#m] _ [F#] _ _ _ [A#m] _ _
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_ [Em] _ _ _ [D#] _ _
_ [B] _ _ [G] I _
_ _ _ [B] ran from my house
that [B] cannot contain me
_ _ from the man that I cannot keep _ _
my _ mother who haunts me
_ even though she's gone
_ from my daughter that [C] never _ [A#] sleeps _
_ [C#m] _ _ [A] I ran [F#] from the noise and the silence
[B] _ [B] from the traffic [C#]
on [B] the _ [C#] streets
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_ _ I ran to the treetops
I ran to the sky
_ up to the light
_ _ [Bm] into the rain
_ [B] that matted my hair
and soaked my shoes and skin
_ hid my _ _ tears, hid my _ _ _ _ fears
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_ [F#m] _ _ _ _ _
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I ran [B] to the forest
I ran to the trees
I ran and I ran
I was looking for me
_ I _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _
_ _ _ [A] ran past the churches
in the [E] crooked old [B] mailbox
past the apple orchards
_ and [E] lady that never [Bm] talks
[B] up into the hills
I [E] ran to the cemetery
_ [A] and held my [B] breath
and [G#m] thought [B] about _ [Bm] your _ _ death
_ [F#] _
I [B] _ _ ran to the lake
_ up [E] into the hills
[B] I ran [B] and I ran
I'm looking [E] [B] there still
and _ I saw the crawling _ [E] tombstones
_ [C#m] _ _ _ [F#m] _
all [F#] forgotten _ names _
_ [B] I tasted the rain
I tasted my tears
_ I cursed the angels
I tasted my _ _ fears _ _
_ _ and [A] the ground gave way [Bm] beneath my [E] feet _
_ and the earth [A] took [B] me in her arms _ _ _
_ leaves covered my face
ants [E] marched across my back
_ [A] black sky opened up
_ [E] blinding _ [C#m] me
[A] I _
_ [F#m] _ [F#] _ _ _ _
_ [B] ran [A] to the forest
[B] I ran to [A] the trees
[B] I ran and [F#m] I ran
[B] I was looking [C#] for me
[B] I ran to [A] the lakes
[B] and up to [A] the hill
I ran and [B] I ran
_ I'm looking [C#] there still
_ _ _ and I smelled her [F#m] burning flesh _
[C#] her rotting bones
[B] her decay
_ _ _ I [A#] ran and [B] I ran _
I'm still running away _ _ _ _ _
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